Tech Set Volumes 11-20
Published on 2. June 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
1280 pages
978-1-85604-859-0 (ISBN)
Description
Now TECH SET series editor Ellyssa Kroski brings you the field's hottest tech gurus as they provide practical instructions and advice on everything from planning and development to marketing and metrics. Each title in the series is a one-stop passport to an emerging technology. If you're ready to start creating, collaborating, connecting, and communicating through cutting-edge tools and techniques, you'll want to get primed by the next ten books in the TECH SET. New tech skills for you spell new services for your users: - Use the latest, cutting-edge technologies - Plan new library services for these popular applications - Navigate the social mechanics involved with gaining buy-in for these forward-thinking initiatives - Utilise the social marketing techniques used by information professionals - Assess the benefits of these new technologies to maintain your success - Follow best practices already established by innovators and libraries using these technologies.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-85604-859-0 (9781856048590)
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Person
Ellyssa Kroski is the Manager of Information Systems at the New York Law Institute as well as a writer, educator,and international conference speaker. In 2011, she won the ALA's Greenwood Publishing Group Award for the Best Book in Library Literature for The Tech Set, the ten book technology series that she created and edited. She's also the author of Web 2.0 for Librarians and Information Professionals, a well-reviewed book on Web technologies and libraries. She speaks at several conferences a year, mainly about new tech trends, digital strategy, and libraries. She is an adjunct faculty member at Pratt Institute and blogs at iLibrarian.
Content
The ten titles included in this set are: #11 Cloud Computing for Libraries by Marshall Breeding #12 Building Mobile Library Applications by Jason A Clark #13 Location-Aware Services and QR Codes for Libraries by Joe Murphy #14 Drupal in Libraries by Ken Varnum #15 Strategic Planning for Social Media in Libraries by Sarah Steiner #16 Next-Gen Library Redesign by Michael Lascarides #17 Screencasting for Libraries by Greg Notess #18 User Experience (UX) Design for Libraries by Aaron Schmidt and Amanda Etches #19 IM and SMS Reference Services for Libraries by Amanda Bielskas and Kathleen M Dreyer #20 Semantic Web Technologies Social Searching for Librarians Robin Fay and Michael Sauers.